Cartridge clip loading device



Jan. 3, 3950 E. F. WANGROW CARTRIDGE CLIP LOADING DEVICE Filed Oct. 30, 1944 O OOOOOS O OOOOO O OOOOGOO oooooooooooooooooeooooooooooooo l l I Ill l ErvnFWaw-L TDW Patented Jan. 3, 1950 ortica 5" Claims;

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in a clip by a single movement, thus avoidingrthe1f= delayancblsstof'manpower involved in loading the clips by hand. n

A further object of myinventionis'tc provide a device; of. this .characters which.1 is Yeconornicalrto manufacture, which has few partsfwhich-iis posiv tive in operation,V and which is light of weight and occupisf'but very smallspace; and;`therefore may bezradily transportedlrfrom place tmplace? Withiitheseff and other 'objectsfin". viewlras .fw-illv hereinafter-.more fully.. appear, :andi-Which" :wllfbe morefp'a'rticularly pointed out-.in-the appended claims, referenceisnow made-to.the.accompany ing drawings frmig'a part o'fthis* application, in whicht:

Figuremsatop planiview. omyiimprovedfcartridge loading device, illustrating the pivoted arms in extended position with the cartridges to be aligned positioned therebetween;

Figure 2 is a View similar to the view of Fig. 1, illustrating the pivoted arms in parallel relation with the cartridges aligned in a single row, with the loading fork in loading position;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view, partly broken away, with the loading fork in loading position;

Figure 4 is a transverse, sectional detail view, on an enlarged scale, illustrating the position of the loading fork on the pivoted arm, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Figure 5 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the loading fork; and

Figure 6 is a horizontal, sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings in which similar reference characters represent similar parts, my invention comprises a base 2 of Wood, plastic, or any other suitable composition or metal, provided with identical supporting members 4 which are secured to the base by means of conventional identical bolts or screws 6. A transverse member 8 is aixed by means of conventional bolts or the like I0 across one end of the base. Base 2 ls also provided with a slotted recess I2 adapted to receive a cartridge clip I4 the base of clip I4 abutting transverse member 8 which acts as a supporteandzzstopcfrzfsaid fcli'p; Arms I 8 -'andsl 8 f are pivotally connected tocbaselfzrby*meansxoff identical bolts or the like 28, whereby when.. the ar-Insfaresbrought -tory ai parallel position; they= will s: form aichannelslinsprolongation ofslct'f` I2, thef channel` b ein g: wide enough'tosnu glvi hold asin gle e rowi'of cartridges .x 2li iof thei-caliberrfor which the device is; constructed,finfuprightiposition:withtheA ball en'clslup. Thetrloadingfork; whichiwill'be: de`

scri'bedlbelom': isithenbplaced 'in'v position behind."

thecnumber vof ,cartridgesi desiredfto -b'c'inserted inutheclip;.andlmanuall'ypushedtoward the clip;

thereby insertingithe cartridgeszintorthe clip: Itf.: Wi'llb'ecrrotedthatfarm I8Jis providediwithzgraduf ac'ilitate ythi-sv placing .lzoffitl'ie loadingW forkll at: the proper:point,Y` behind tHe-eXaCtJnumber :of care. tridges'desired to be=ihserted.

The loading -fork comprises 1ahandlei24 with anffirivert'ed: channelfshaped Ymember 261i'A and an angulari. fin-gert 28isecuredf=to the base-2 thereof bymeans :of-fia'rconventionaliboitf38 "extendi'nglongi'i` tudinal.ly'fth'r'ouglfi'thefhandle. The inverted chan-- nel/:member 2-85is adaptedltot over the-arms 161i and I8 when the arms are parallel, whilefnger 28 extends down between the bars and impels the cartridges along the channel and into the clip I4, when manual force is applied to the handle 24.

'Ihe free end of arm I8 is provided with a slotted recess 32 adapted to receive one end of latch 34 which is pivotally connected to the arm I8 by means of a conventional bolt 36. Latch 34 is provided with an arm 38 and with shoulders 40 and 42, shoulder 48 being adapted to engage the inside surface of arm I8, while shoulder 42 engages the outside surface of arm I6 when the arms are in parallel relation, thereby maintaining the arms in loading position. Arm I8 is provided with an annular recess in its inner surface, adapted to receive one end of coil spring 44, the other end of Said spring engaging arm 38 of latch 34, whereby the latch 34 is normally maintained at an angle of 90 from the arrn I8 with the shoulder 40 engaging the inner surface of arm I8 as shown in Fig. 6. The free end of arm I6 is provided with a transverse recess I 1 adapted to receive latch 34, as shown in Fig. 6. The inner end of the recess may be provided with an angularly disposed metallic guide and reenforcing member 46, maintained in position by conventional identical bolts or screws 48. When the arms are brought to the parallel position, shoulder 42 engages the inclined surface of guide 46, spring 44 is contracted, storing force therein, until shoulder 42 clears the slot in arm I6, when the latch is locked in position by the action of spring 44 and is maintained (in this position until manually released.

In operation, the free ends of arms I6 and I8 are spread to the position shown in Fig. 1, and a box of cartridges, usually 50 in number, are placed therebetween on the base with the ball ends up. The arms are manually pressed together, with a slow semicircular motion, care being exercised not to apply excessive pressure, until all the cartridges are brought into alignment in a single row, as illustrated in Fig. 2, when the latch 34 locks the arms together. The loading fork is then placed over the arms iii- I8 with the finger 28 behind the number of cartridges to be loaded. Manual pressure is then exerted on arm 24 of the fork and the cartridges are forced into the clip.

While I have illustrated and described the invention in some detail, it is to be understood the invention is not to be limited to such detail, but only by the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A cartridge clip loading device of the character described, comprising a base, means for holding a cartridge lclip in said base, a movable arm pivotally connected to said base, cartridge engaging means on said base adjacent said arm, said arm being adapted to be moved relative to said engaging means whereby cartridges placed between said engaging means and said movable arm may be aligned against said engaging means in a single row adjacent said clip, and means cooperating with said movable armrfor inserting the aligned cartridges into the clip.

2; A cartridge clip loading device of the character described, comprising a base, means for holding a cartridge clip in said base, a pair of arms pivoted atone of their ends to said base and adapted to receive therebetween a plurality of cartridges, means on said arms for holding the same towards each other whereby the cartridges'are aligned in a single row between said arms, and means for inserting said cartridges into the clip.

3. A cartridge clip loading device of the character described, comprising a base, means for holding a cartridge clip in said base, a pair of arms pivoted at one of their ends to said base and adapted to receive a plurality of cartridges between said arms, means for locking said arms in parallel relation whereby the cartridges are held in alignment for insertion into the clip, and means for inserting the aligned cartridges into the clip.

4. A cartridge clip loading device of the character described, comprising a base, a recess in said base for holding a cartridge clip, a pair of arms pivotally connected to said base whereby a plurality of cartridges may be brought into a single row in alignment with said clip, and manually operable means associated with said base for inserting a selected number of the cartridges into `the clip.

5. A cartridge clip loading device comprising a base horizontally disposed and so dimensioned so as to be capable of receiving directly the entire contents of a box'containing rows of cartridges with said cartridges standing upright, means for holding a cartridge clip in said base, means on said base for moving the cartridges into a single row in alignment with said clip with the plurality of cartridges in upright position, and Vmeans for progressively inserting the aligned cartridges into the clip.

` ERVIN F. WANGROW.

REFERENCES CITED Y The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,295,038 Johnson et a1 Feb. 18, 1919 1,786,537 Holek Dec. 30, 1930 2,358,792 Conway Sept. 26, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 133,578 Austria V Jan. 15, 1933 

